🛡️ CVE-2023-5169
🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A compromised content process could have provided malicious data in a `PathRecording` resulting in an out-of-bounds write, leading to a potentially exploitable crash in a privileged process. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-787
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-09-27
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
fedora
firefox 118
firefox-esr 115.3
thunderbird 115.3

References

Issue Tracking, Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685
Patch, Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1846685
Patch, Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5506

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